Whos winning the ARM vs X86 mobile Internet race?
I’m a big fan of the x86 platform when it comes to mobile Internet. To me it’s simple, if the Internet is written on x86 platforms, how can we expect it to look the same and keep up with the latest techniques when its used with ported software? However, this is the mobile Internet we’re talking about here. A new and different world where customers are just starting to move beyond the idea of SMS’s. Right now, today, even a basic, cut down, tailored and slow experience is something new and exciting and if its mobile and consumer oriented it better be small and stylish otherwise it doesn’t even get past the first hurdle. That’s why today, the only option for consumer handheld Internet is ARM based. If you’ve read any of my ARM-bashing articles on UMPCPortal you might find that a bit surprising but there are different requirements for different markets. The UMPC market is very much about productivity and full desktop capability. The consumer mobile Internet space is more about getting Fac
